Deron Williams is frustrated mentally and physically from the unrelenting problem with his right wrist. After Williams’ exasperation reached a new peak when yet another fall on Friday aggravated the injury, the Nets called a summit meeting to decide what to do with the franchise’s new face.

“Our options include Deron continuing to play and we just continue to treat him. Other options may include just resting him for [today’s] game and maybe Monday or maybe shutting him down for three to five days and seeing if his wrist calmed down a little bit,” coach Avery Johnson said.

Johnson, Williams and general manager Billy King planned to meet late yesterday to discuss all options. Johnson said whatever decision is reached, he would announce today before the Nets play the Wizards in Washington (1:00, YES, WFAN 660 AM).

Two options that seemed outside Johnson’s range were sitting Williams for the rest of the season and surgery, though Williams himself had suggested shutting down was an alternative.

“I don’t think you’ve ever heard me talk about shutting him down for the season,” said Johnson, who later added, “Based on the information that I’ve been given, surgery is not anything at the current time that would solve his problem.

“Deron really wants to play: ‘Let me get that out there.’ He really just wants to play. But at the same time, he’s really become disappointed because he can’t play at his normal rate.”

After Friday’s game in Milwaukee, where he took a hard fall in the third quarter, Williams admitted the frustration he is feeling. He said repeatedly he wants to play, even though the playoffs — as Johnson conceded in his conference call yesterday — are a “very, very long shot.”

“I love playing basketball. I hate sitting out. I hate missing games. It’s tough for me because I don’t just want to sit out. It might be the best thing, but we’ll see how it goes,” Williams said. “There’s so many things I can’t do [because of a strained] flexor tendon. I can’t shoot. I think about it every time I take a shot. It affects me mentally, and it’s weighing on me.”

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The Nets officially announced their decision to keep Sundiata Gaines from Archbishop Molloy for the rest of the season. Johnson said they would have kept the point guard after his second 10-day deal expired regardless of Williams’ condition.